Gannou Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Gannou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 55 | 1:377,619 | 33,137 |
| Benin | 23 | 1:449,374 | 31,324 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Gannou (30) may also be a first name.
Gannou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gannou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gannou is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gannou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,034,059th most widespread family name globally, held by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Gannou live; 65 percent live in Central Africa and 64 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Gannou is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 30 people.
The last name Gannou is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 377,619. In Cameroon Gannou is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 60 percent are found, West Region, where 35 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 27 percent are found and Spain, where 7 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gannou
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